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Pillar of the Community
United States
1053 Posts |
A little plain... But not BAD
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
13014 Posts |
Thats slide show of designs is exactly why I dont like the cent. Other than maybe design 11 the one they picked was my least favorite by far. Had I not seen what was possible I probably would like it. Knowing what could have been though makes me start off with a bias against it
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Pillar of the Community
United States
814 Posts |
I like it! I was never a big fan of memorializing buildings on currency or coin anyway. One that I hate, on the other hand, is the newer Jefferson portrait on the nickel. Now that is just ugly.
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Valued Member
 United States
80 Posts |
Cool!
I have some fellow fans of the design.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
965 Posts |
I like it much more than the LMC and a little less than the LWC.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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I voted that I like the Shield cent, but that was before I had seen the slide show, I really like #17, that would have been a great design.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2734 Posts |
Better than the "trolley car" LMC, but not as good as Brenner's LWC. The shield design's simplicity works well for a zinc business strike coin, and does look good in Proof as well. Some of the more intricate designs floated around would have made fantastic Proofs, but as business strikes, not so much. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I like the shield design, but it would look better struck in real copper.  I'm not sure anything struck in Cu-Zn would look good. |
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New Member
United States
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Not totally unhappy with it but could have been better. Originally 10 design choices-6 of the capitol building-2 shields and 2 eagles. I personally like the eagle one with the motto "One country-One destiny" on the reverse. Of course if the COIN ACT passes there probably won't be any around anyway. Also it seems to me that all the shield cents are lower quality anyway. Opened an uncirculated bank roll of 2012Ps yesterday and every coin was toast-spots, blemishes, hairlines. Earlier this year I bought a 2010pd set off ebay and sent them back because of the spots. Maybe that's why tne NGC price guide has my 2010 ms66 at $140 |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I like the shield design.
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United States
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Posted 11/15/2013 4:25 pm
